Chapter Seven
“What do you mean you’re not coming home for Christmas?” It wasn’t so much disappointment Susanna heard in her mother’s voice through the phone, but rather anger. “You weren’t here for Thanksgiving, either. Are you saying you can’t make it home at all this holiday season? You don’t want to see us?”
Susanna took a deep breath as she plopped down on her bed, pulling her towel tighter around her still-damp body. She should have stayed in the shower. She knew this battle was ahead of her. When she allowed Caiden to talk her out of going home for Thanksgiving, in the back of her mind, she thought she’d still have Christmas. However, the retail world is not a good career field for holiday vacations. As soon as the note went up on the employee bulletin board, she knew she was due
